The thing is that there were how many actually involved in the riots? A few hundred , maybe?
Seriously, it took a relatively small percentage to stand up to them and they ran. We do not need to be everywhere at once, these people are out to loot and we just put people at the shops in main towns. Good civil defence starts with adequate locks on everyone's door, then a mobile phone and a well trained Local Volunteer Group.
The looter is looking for an easy target and we must avoid presenting one.
However, you don't ever want to actually fire the guns. I fail to follow you here. You take a gun out on patrol, but you try to detain and hand over any miscreant to the Civil Power. It is for the courts to mete out justice.
However, the mob does not disperse, so what are you going to do then? I am all for giving fair waning , but if it gets ignored, well tough, we open fire.
One has to remember that a lad who was beaten up got robbed again by his ' helpers', and another woman was forced to jump from a first floor window to escape the flames.
As far as I am concerned, lines have been crossed already. If we have to shoot and kill every last rioter in England, it is a small price to pay for a decent and safe society.
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Seriously, it took a relatively small percentage to stand up to them and they ran. We do not need to be everywhere at once, these people are out to loot and we just put people at the shops in main towns. Good civil defence starts with adequate locks on everyone's door, then a mobile phone and a well trained Local Volunteer Group.
The looter is looking for an easy target and we must avoid presenting one.
However, you don't ever want to actually fire the guns.
I fail to follow you here. You take a gun out on patrol, but you try to detain and hand over any miscreant to the Civil Power. It is for the courts to mete out justice.
However, the mob does not disperse, so what are you going to do then? I am all for giving fair waning , but if it gets ignored, well tough, we open fire.
One has to remember that a lad who was beaten up got robbed again by his ' helpers', and another woman was forced to jump from a first floor window to escape the flames.
As far as I am concerned, lines have been crossed already. If we have to shoot and kill every last rioter in England, it is a small price to pay for a decent and safe society.